Benny Goodman
Who was known as " The King of Swing"?
Stride
Ragtime evolved into an improvised, more energetic piano style known as:
Louis Armstrong
The most successful and most famous of New Orleans musicians was:
A distinguished female jazz singer
Ella Fitzgerald was:
Miles Davis
The first leading proponent of cool jazz was:
The Original Dixieland Jaz Band
The first jazz recording was made by:
Swing
Big band is primarily associated with:
Piano, bass, and drums
The rhythm section includes:
Trumpet
A typical lead instrument is:
Bars and nightclubs
Jazz began in the early 20th century in __________ of poor urban neighborhoods.
The swing era
Jazz achieved mass popularity during
Solo pianists
Who replaced jazz groups as a result of the depression?
Storyville
Specifically, where was New Orleans jazz performed?
Whites in blackface
Minstrel shows were first performed by:
Western Swing
A brand of western music that used a larger instrumental ensemble including saxes, brass, and a standard jazz rhythm section was:
Barry Gordy
A Detroit songwriter in the 1960s who founded a record company that first drew talent exclusively from the black community was:
Interracial
1950s rock and roll was:
The Jazz Singer
The first commercial movie with a synchronized soundtrack was:
Stephen Foster
One of the most important mid-nineteenth century songwriters was:
1890-1950
The Tin Pan Alley tradition lasted from:
The recording by one artist of another artist's top hit
A "cover" is:
Bill Monroe
The first pioneer of bluegrass music was:
New Age Music
A style of music that emerged in the 1970s that combines elements of jazz, classical, popular, or rock styles to create a mellow, soothing, "back-to-nature" mood is known as:
The Ed Sullivan Show
The "British Invasion" had begun when The Beatles first appeared on:
Chanting lyrics over a rhythm
The Jamaican "toasting" style was:
Pentatonic
The most common scale used in Native American music was:
Considered world music, unrelated to other American styles
Native American music is:
Convey a mood
Vocables were used to
Ska and Rocksteady
Reggae evolved from two Jamaican styles called:
Brazil
The Bossa Nova style originated in:
The 1920's
The accordion was added to Cajun music in:
A Mexican 12-stringed guitar
The bajo sexto is:
Zydeco
Clifton Chenier is the "king" of:
Dance music
Tex-Mex is a Mexican based:
Fiddle
The main instrument in Cajun dance music since the early days is the:
Cajun music combined with the Blues
Zydeco is:
Mariachi
A style of Mexican folk music that in the 20th century became an urban entertainment music performed in restaurants and performance halls, parades, folk festivals and weddings is known as:
Spanish tunes
Mestizo musical traditions were influenced by:
Europeans
The native cultures of Mexico and South America adopted the cultural traditions of: